Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State has long been accustomed to responding to failure. How will the Cyclones handle success? Iowa State is on a roll heading into a game that nearly everyone expects to be a blowout in favor of the Cyclones. Iowa State is a 21-point favorite for today’s (Saturday’s) matchup against Kansas _ just a week after stunning Oklahoma 38-31 in Norman as a 31-point underdog.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The Ohio State-Nebraska game matches two of the five programs with the most major college football wins in history. The teams are in very different places entering Saturday night’s game in Lincoln. The ninth-ranked Buckeyes beat Nebraska by 59 points last year in Columbus and have dominated four straight opponents since their loss at home to Oklahoma.

TYLER, Texas (AP) — A Texas man has been sentenced to 12 years in prison after being convicted of robbing Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and three others in May. Thirty-four-year-old Michael Blake Pinkerton was sentenced after pleading guilty to a robbery charge. Mahomes and his friends were in the driveway of a home near Tyler, Texas, when another vehicle pulled up behind them. Pinkerton approached, gestured like he had a handgun and took unspecified items from the group before speeding away.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce and pass rusher Justin Houston were back on the practice field Friday and will be ready to go when Kansas City plays the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. Kelce cleared the NFL’s concussion protocol earlier in the week. Houston had calf spasms.

NEW YORK (AP) — Houston Texans safety Marcus Gilchrist has been fined $24,309 by the NFL for his helmet-to-helmet hit on Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce last Sunday night. Gilchrist was penalized for unnecessary roughness in the second quarter of the Chiefs’ 42-34 victory when his helmet made contact with Kelce’s helmet while trying to tackle the tight end following a 26-yard catch.